@@amberlight5527 Despite his "many years" training, that black guy has no feeling about what "budô" means, and this is why he cowardly striked like an asshole.
I'm a Shinkyokushin karateka, but learned Kyokushin before changing branches, I'm proud to see people all over the world practice. We get better every chance we get. I just come back from a training session and enjoyed the shit out of it. I'm a green belt brown kyu and this is beautiful to watch. One day, he'll get to where I am.
dakentaijutsu2010 there are some differences. Take for example the first kata Taikyoko sono ichi. Instead of going straight to the punch, we have to lift our fist. In Kyokushin we don’t do that. Small differences easy to learn and get used to. But yes, same style and different organization.
spinning back kick to the knee definitely a misfire by the yudansha. Kensetsu-geri are no joke, lucky his knee wasn't fully busted, it happens far easier than you might think
I know this video is several years old but mad respect. I just took my 1st kyu test a few weeks ago and the start is easy but the finish is difficult. By the end I could hardly stand and just wanted to fall over. Yet I remained and stood throwing everything I had until it the buzzer sounded. I hope this guy continued because he showed great determination and spirit. Osu!
I don’t mean to sound disrespectful. But other than how tough the practitioners are, I’m unimpressed by Kyokushin sparring. These guys are simply going toe-to-toe. They’re literally standing squarely in front of each other trading blows, so it's not surprising that 99% of the time the larger stronger fighter will just bulldoze over his opponent. Kyokushin allows leg kicks... but do they not learn how to check kicks? Literally every Kyokushin video I’ve seen they simply stand there absorbing the kick. It’s actually very impressive how they can just take the kicks, but my goodness no one can do that for too long. So for conditioning and toughness, Kyokushin is a 10/10. In fact, I’d say the majority of the time a Kyokushin fighter defeats someone of another style it seems the main deciding factor is the toughness of the Kyokushin fighter. But for skill and strategy, it’s basically just brawling with some karate kicks and body punches. So 2/10.
That black guy's style differs significantly from the other students. Is it Kyokushin or does he have another background training, like Goju-Ryu or similar?
He definitely have another style background, looks more like a point karate stance like wado ryu/Goju-Ryu/Shotokan etc. Look at kyokushin black belts and competitors and you see that they don't have the same stance
Yeah, been through it several times. These go on for hours and sometimes whole day... Done it myself.... Yeah it hurts.... Got to push through it...no quitting. Had another black belt broke my ribs. Smash my feet...yeah brutal ... then when I went through military it got very bloody and brutal.
I'm also a Kyokushin Karateka, in my Yellow Belt. This video is surely a good video to watch, reminds me how my seniors train me for Kumite like this. ❤
What the hell? that low spinning kick at 4:44.. was his knee OK after that!? It doesnt look like it. I think they should have stopped. thats a serious injury.
after some time the boy will not have a knee, the damaged bindings will stop holding, you have to be brainless to allow such kicks in the Dojo ... It is suitable for fighting on the street
@@ravpolska4944 This was years ago and he is doing great and is a fantastic athlete. He and I are very close. Please don't talk about what you don't KNOW about. People do get injured in full contact karate. It was a minor thing and he continued fighting and has for years now. NO knee issues at all.
@@Midwinter2 welcome to Kyokushin full contact. This kid continued ,passed his test and is still a wonderful athlete and has a never give up attitude in life. Wasn't injured, just HURT for a bit. If you watch from the beginning, it was indeed supervised. These are how tests are conducted. I made the determination because I have been doing this for 35 years and I know the student very well. I hope that answers your question. You don't have to agree with my answer, just tellin you the way it is.
awesome man awesome Fight hes geting that yellow belt from hard work that he had am yellow and i know how is hard to get that belt good on you man Much love!
I don't know why, but this did seem a little weird....Like...maybe check out the leg injury before letting him continue? Umm...Are his ribs broken?? Hmm...just I dunno...it was weird.
yes he still trains in other disciplines now, but he always tells me what he learned form those years carries into all his other endeavors. I moved from LA to Boulder, so I was unable to teach him.
@@ShihanTomCallahan Ahh ok. Training in Kyokushin defintely carries over into your life. After all, it isn't a sport but a way of life. All the best to you and your students Shihan. OSU!!
I'm confused why this guy is testing to go from blue to yellow. Although I stopped training in Kyokushin some 20 years ago, doesn't the belt system still go: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, and black? (I made it to blue back in the day). Did the system change since then? Or maybe the testee here forgot his belt and someone lend him his/hers for his exam?
Not any more unfortunately,. I moved to Boulder Colorado, and several of the other black belts ended up relocating as well. We shared the dojo with a Goju Ryu school but they closed everything down. OSU!
@ShihanTomCallahan awwww man that sucks i really e Want to get into Kyokushin i appreciate it thanks ill keep looking i live in san jose California myself. OSU
Very good, the truth be told makes me see that all the dojos are very similar diverse people and diverse styles always in favor of getting the best of each one very good exam I hope mine is as intense as this one. OSS
Guy with Shodan at 4:44 was a complete moron to a 7kyu student. This was a well-thought-out desire to injure a low-grade student. No respect whatsoever.
I come from Shotokan, I am sorry but I really didn't like this. Maybe because of different style but I see too much violence and not so much use of techniques.. Probably is just because our karate-do styles are too much different and i don't wanna say one is better than the other one.
The style is different. You just saw the kumite. There are also kata, kihon and every basic stuff we learn. Kyokushin and Shinkyokushin is full contact, but we thrive to become better and not use violence. We learn how to fight so that we know it hurts.
Andrea Russo then you shouldn't be here if you can't stomach Full contact Karate, because that's exactly what Kyokushin is, and you're just judging by looking at the Kumite side of this, Kyokushin also does Kata and Kihon!
@@MM-ou1kd You are a 8th dan shihan and you say something like this? Good luck in LA I am sure you have spoken with Shihans Taku and Fard. I find your comment quite rude from a Shihan with such a high rank
If he is not good enough to pass then he should go back train hard and do it again, why go so easy on him, he won't be a better karateka by get the belt that he dose not deserve.
He passed this test but failed his green belt. Its not ALL about fighting ...KATA , Kihon also involved. Yes it is about spirit , but your spirit is polished as you grow as a karate-ka. As his Sensei, I felt he needed to pass this test.
Who are you to judge? As a karateka, I'm offended you say that. We fight hard with a good attitude. You think Karate is only about fighting? It's about becoming better and stronger every day. It's about kata, kihon and every basic techniques we've learned. If his sensei judged he was ready to pass, it's his choice.
The spinning heel kick to the back of the knee was dirty. Black belts should know better than that. The blue belt is obviously not a fighter and it shows. It is obvious he has no experience even sparring. He is winded when that black belt hits him in the back of the knee. Completsly unneccessary. The guy is so winded he just becomes everyone's punching bag. He isn't learning anything from this. I have zero respect for anyone that does this to non fighters and those with no real sparring experience.
One thing about Kyokushin, Enshin, Ashi and others. They never seem to have any real footwork or elusiveness. Just straight ahead plodding in most cases. I find it odd when I hear about Tai Sabaki but see more of just backing up in a straight line, and occasional circling. Tough arts no doubt, I guess if you're focus is competition its okay. I'm more self defense oriented.
ComplexBlackness Honestly, it's ironic you should say that, since elusiveness and footwork were mostly put in place for competition. And are avoided for self defense. The logic is that you don't want to risk falling. It's part of why old school full contact today guys used to beat a lot of karate guys in karate tournament. Because they had better movement, and it helped for competitions.
I wonder what you know about self defense at all. All encounters/brawls I witnessed in eastern Europe were devoid of any "elusive" footwork or whatever.
I kicked my enemy off his feet with a (idk how to write its name, but you say it like ,,mai geri"), i got close to him and boom. He was the worst idk why i fought him, and not my sensei.
so this is how karatekas advance belts? seems more like group bullying to me. You guys don't even care about his injuries. He should have been out since the moment he almost got his knee popped at 4:48. Also, it looks like he passed the exam just by "surviving". He didn't seem to do any kind of decent attacking nor defending.. Anyway, this karate sport feels hypocritical since you can kick the head but not punch it...that double standard confuses the mind and hinders your readiness to defend your head.. as you expected, I think MMA is the only way of learning to fight.. just mix as many martial arts as you need until you feel like you are truly expressing the potential of your body.
It's the budo samuari spirit that lives within kyokushin, it's a deep rooted culture and not for everyone but that's the way. It's not bullying, it's pushing yourself to your absolute limit, and then beyond, it's a true test mentally as much as physically. At the last rounds it's all about ''surviving'' and showing your will power to be able to keep standing up, that's kyokushin. I must admit tho to that these higher grades did some unnecessary stuff, too much head kicks, knock out techniques etc. It's not a bloody knock out tournament.. However, while MMA obviously does teach more aspect to fighitng, it's not really comparable to kyokushin. I am myself a kyokushin Brown belt but I've done some MMA as well, but knock down (kyokushin) sparring is by far the most exhausting/hard type of sparring in my opinion, and it really condition your mind and body, you will for sure know how to take a proper beating and still be able to stand up and deliver. And if you don't protect your head you will end up getting knees and kicks so you always gotta protect your head. And btw in my dojo we do sparr sometimes with punches to the head as well. So It's an excellent martial art in my opinion with both culture, philosophy and hard sparring.
No idea have you. They are testing his spirit. How much can he ensure and push through the pain. All the comment I see on here about oh they're hurting him too much stop being pussies. It's a full contact style of karate.
Tom Callahan this guy is truly trolling here, what does he really know? only a keyboard warrior that's behind the safety of a computer would say this, Kyokushin Karate is the bests, and I'm proud to be learning it, and I would dare this guy to go to your dojo and say that!
You're just trolling. Kyokushin is considered one of the best styles. I learned both Kyokushin and Shinkyokushin, and and I enjoy what I'm learning. Please, show a bit more respect to our practitioners all around the world.
It is not so easy to land a kick to the face when an opponent keeps the pressure on you. These guys can fight at all ranges but you can see here that as other karate styles they get inside. Second of all karate in general does contain grappling, some styles emphasize more than others and generally it is used to set up strikes however it is there. They don’t punch each other on the face on kumite but if they do happen to land a kick to the head it is game. Observe that there is no protective gear, I have seen instances as in other karate styles where there is not even gloves so clearly in order to practice with some degree of safety some compromises are necessary. Last, try sparring with one of these guys, they can hit and take it.
always nice to see kyokushin karateka training and overcoming their limitations. everyone who goes through this training deserves respect. osu!
Liquidcadmus OSU. I'm currently training in Kyokushin-kan, I'm a yellow belt currently!
Osu
man those black belts really did it to him
That's an awesome Sensei! I loved how he kept motivating him. Shihan Tom Callahan, hopefully I get to attend one of your seminars in the future! OSU!
OSU! please keep in touch.
@@ShihanTomCallahan of course! OSU!
From what I see in this video your dojo is one of the best. Osu
OSU! Thank you so much ....appreciate it
@@josepshchavez4337 thats a big step! Best of luck! Osu!
@@ShihanTomCallahan but i quit a long time ago and my dad moved too ft Myers and the school is Miami ?. .
The black guy has a really good unique style.
Many years traning
@@amberlight5527 Despite his "many years" training, that black guy has no feeling about what "budô" means, and this is why he cowardly striked like an asshole.
Despite his "many years" training, that black guy has no feeling about what "budô" means, and this is why he cowardly striked like an asshole.
Fantastic stuff. Anyone would be lucky to have these people as sparring partners - great respect and control.
I'm a Shinkyokushin karateka, but learned Kyokushin before changing branches, I'm proud to see people all over the world practice. We get better every chance we get. I just come back from a training session and enjoyed the shit out of it. I'm a green belt brown kyu and this is beautiful to watch. One day, he'll get to where I am.
Loriane Parent I'm a 6th Kyu currently in Kyokushin-kan
dakentaijutsu2010 Keep fighting
no difference, same style, but different organization, that's all!
dakentaijutsu2010 there are some differences. Take for example the first kata Taikyoko sono ichi. Instead of going straight to the punch, we have to lift our fist. In Kyokushin we don’t do that. Small differences easy to learn and get used to. But yes, same style and different organization.
Love your explain before the Kumite, nice spirit Kyokushin Love
osu! Thank you
spinning back kick to the knee definitely a misfire by the yudansha. Kensetsu-geri are no joke, lucky his knee wasn't fully busted, it happens far easier than you might think
yea didn't think he'd stood back up, hope he was alright when that cooled down
I know this video is several years old but mad respect. I just took my 1st kyu test a few weeks ago and the start is easy but the finish is difficult. By the end I could hardly stand and just wanted to fall over. Yet I remained and stood throwing everything I had until it the buzzer sounded. I hope this guy continued because he showed great determination and spirit. Osu!
I don’t mean to sound disrespectful. But other than how tough the practitioners are, I’m unimpressed by Kyokushin sparring. These guys are simply going toe-to-toe. They’re literally standing squarely in front of each other trading blows, so it's not surprising that 99% of the time the larger stronger fighter will just bulldoze over his opponent.
Kyokushin allows leg kicks... but do they not learn how to check kicks? Literally every Kyokushin video I’ve seen they simply stand there absorbing the kick. It’s actually very impressive how they can just take the kicks, but my goodness no one can do that for too long.
So for conditioning and toughness, Kyokushin is a 10/10. In fact, I’d say the majority of the time a Kyokushin fighter defeats someone of another style it seems the main deciding factor is the toughness of the Kyokushin fighter.
But for skill and strategy, it’s basically just brawling with some karate kicks and body punches. So 2/10.
in Boxing we spar hard multiple times a week so it's good see some tough trainers in karate
bro saying 2/10 like who are you rating martial arts like you mean something you a nobody 😂🤡
nice. yes probably should have checked out leg injury before continuing.
well done cameron.
look at his gi.... i heard in some hardcore styles found in remote places the exams end evn iin being soaed in blood from cuts and bruises
That black guy's style differs significantly from the other students. Is it Kyokushin or does he have another background training, like Goju-Ryu or similar?
Kamil M
He seems more organised, so since he is a black belt I would guess it is simply experience
I agree with OP. I think he has some Okinawan vibes.
He definitely have another style background, looks more like a point karate stance like wado ryu/Goju-Ryu/Shotokan etc. Look at kyokushin black belts and competitors and you see that they don't have the same stance
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No it is kyokushin just not the modern tournament meta. Even the spin kick to the leg Andy Hug did that in k1 even.
Yeah, been through it several times. These go on for hours and sometimes whole day... Done it myself.... Yeah it hurts.... Got to push through it...no quitting. Had another black belt broke my ribs. Smash my feet...yeah brutal ... then when I went through military it got very bloody and brutal.
OSU!
do you pay for your own medical fees or does the association cover it if you ever get injured in belt promotions?
@@wasabi5338 We have dojo insurance.
I'm also a Kyokushin Karateka, in my Yellow Belt. This video is surely a good video to watch, reminds me how my seniors train me for Kumite like this. ❤
OSU! Thank you . Where are you located and what organization are you with?
What the hell? that low spinning kick at 4:44.. was his knee OK after that!? It doesnt look like it. I think they should have stopped. thats a serious injury.
It wasn’t a serious injury at all. He continued and was fine. I would have stopped it if it were serious.
after some time the boy will not have a knee, the damaged bindings will stop holding, you have to be brainless to allow such kicks in the Dojo ... It is suitable for fighting on the street
@@ShihanTomCallahan And you were able to make that determination how? This whole session was stupidly uncontrolled and unsupervised.
@@ravpolska4944 This was years ago and he is doing great and is a fantastic athlete. He and I are very close. Please don't talk about what you don't KNOW about. People do get injured in full contact karate. It was a minor thing and he continued fighting and has for years now. NO knee issues at all.
@@Midwinter2 welcome to Kyokushin full contact. This kid continued ,passed his test and is still a wonderful athlete and has a never give up attitude in life. Wasn't injured, just HURT for a bit. If you watch from the beginning, it was indeed supervised. These are how tests are conducted. I made the determination because I have been doing this for 35 years and I know the student very well. I hope that answers your question. You don't have to agree with my answer, just tellin you the way it is.
The real test started when he got tired and bruised.
If he dies he dies
Bayardo Ampie what does that mean?
Dolph trains with us quite a bit, he would appreciate this comment :)
Good video, thank you.
Dont pay attention to naysayers. They would all quit your training within a week.
This is a great display of courage. Seeing this karateka indure so much, motivates me more to do kyokushin
Genial, mucho respeto, fuerza, disciplina y motivación. excelentes compañeros y exponentes del kyokushin.
una gran escuela.
Ossu
So cool to see a South African flag in this Dojo!!!
At 4.50 that was extremely dangerous.
Francesco L. Bellman that was mean
Definitely, as a black belt he should have gone easier on him with the techniques...
I am a novice fighter seeing this makes me confident in joining a kyokushin dojo
I love the attitude of the last guy that fought him.
awesome man awesome Fight hes geting that yellow belt from hard work that he had am yellow and i know how is hard to get that belt good on you man Much love!
I don't know why, but this did seem a little weird....Like...maybe check out the leg injury before letting him continue? Umm...Are his ribs broken?? Hmm...just I dunno...it was weird.
Osu! I am so inspired I wish I had continued to practice I got to yellow belt but I stopped in 94' t truly miss it
If you are still able and interested, let me know where you live and perhaps I can locate a Kyokushin dojo for you OSU!
black belt doing a dangerous kick when he's calm all the time, very bad
Looking goos Shihan ! Osu from your friend in Sweden 🇸🇪
I need to go back and train. It's hurts but I loved it. How is this student doing now? Does he still train?
yes he still trains in other disciplines now, but he always tells me what he learned form those years carries into all his other endeavors. I moved from LA to Boulder, so I was unable to teach him.
@@ShihanTomCallahan Ahh ok. Training in Kyokushin defintely carries over into your life. After all, it isn't a sport but a way of life. All the best to you and your students Shihan. OSU!!
@@daymunsdayz OSU! Thank you
brown belt is great at putting pressure but his punching is not so good, he overextends quite a bit and the form could be better
Awesome ❤❤❤
I'm confused why this guy is testing to go from blue to yellow. Although I stopped training in Kyokushin some 20 years ago, doesn't the belt system still go: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, and black? (I made it to blue back in the day). Did the system change since then? Or maybe the testee here forgot his belt and someone lend him his/hers for his exam?
orange blue yellow green brown black (with a following color stripe in between each)
@@ShihanTomCallahan Thank you for answering and for the information. OSU!
wish me luck , am preparing for blue belt test . Watched it for my preparation, and got an idea whats gonna happen to me next month.
OSU
OSU! Every dojo is different. Just try your best and don’t give up.
OSU@@ShihanTomCallahan
harigatto ossai mass.... oss 👊👊👊
You guys are stationed in LA? i got to visit the dojo sometime
Not any more unfortunately,. I moved to Boulder Colorado, and several of the other black belts ended up relocating as well. We shared the dojo with a Goju Ryu school but they closed everything down. OSU!
@ShihanTomCallahan awwww man that sucks i really e
Want to get into Kyokushin i appreciate it thanks ill keep looking i live in san jose California myself. OSU
@@empgkrazer_5124 best of luck let me know if you have any questions
@ShihanTomCallahan i will thank you OSU!
🥋Osu!👊🏾
Great.... OSU from Italy
wow just wow that dude pushed and endured
Dojo approved.
Very good, the truth be told makes me see that all the dojos are very similar diverse people and diverse styles always in favor of getting the best of each one very good exam I hope mine is as intense as this one. OSS
Good pressure boys. Respect for the blue belt
What did he say in the last Sec of this movie I dont what a see what?
v good fight sir osu
" PAIN IS AN EMOTION KYOKUSHIN KARATE U.S.A " OSU 👊👊
Guy with Shodan at 4:44 was a complete moron to a 7kyu student. This was a well-thought-out desire to injure a low-grade student. No respect whatsoever.
I come from Shotokan, I am sorry but I really didn't like this. Maybe because of different style but I see too much violence and not so much use of techniques.. Probably is just because our karate-do styles are too much different and i don't wanna say one is better than the other one.
The style is different. You just saw the kumite. There are also kata, kihon and every basic stuff we learn. Kyokushin and Shinkyokushin is full contact, but we thrive to become better and not use violence. We learn how to fight so that we know it hurts.
Andrea Russo then you shouldn't be here if you can't stomach Full contact Karate, because that's exactly what Kyokushin is, and you're just judging by looking at the Kumite side of this, Kyokushin also does Kata and Kihon!
Of course it’s violence, it’s martial arts.😂
True and besides, in a real life situation, there is violence. If not ready for a real life encounter with violence, good luck.
go back to playing tag for points and screaming when you land a pillow strike then
If this is a yellow belt exam why is he wearing than a blue belt during the kumite?
He is testing for the next rank, which is Yellow
@@ShihanTomCallahan Ah good. In Shotokan Karate is the blue belt the higher rank.
@@e.h.2265 yea I thought that might be the case. We are orange, blue yellow green brown black
Congratulations, OSU!
Osu I want to train with sensei tom but too bad i'm in Indonesia different country haha
آفرین،❤️
Blue belt guy keeps minding every hit instead of focusing on dishing it out, didn't have the kyokushin spirit. Hope he changed for the better...
i am so sorry , what is that ??? please , is not Kyokushin, maybe is Ballett
who are you>? reveal yourself tough guy
@@MM-ou1kd You are a 8th dan shihan and you say something like this? Good luck in LA I am sure you have spoken with Shihans Taku and Fard. I find your comment quite rude from a Shihan with such a high rank
spirit exam...
EXACTLY!!!
@@ShihanTomCallahan instagram.com/oyama_karate_team/
Why aren’t they protecting their faces?
Osu. From south Africa. I see my flag in background
I shared the dojo with A goju Ryu school and the Shihan there is Vassie Naidoo, originally from South Africa…:)
If he is not good enough to pass then he should go back train hard and do it again, why go so easy on him, he won't be a better karateka by get the belt that he dose not deserve.
Tang Mingchen and who are you to judge?
He passed this test but failed his green belt. Its not ALL about fighting ...KATA , Kihon also involved. Yes it is about spirit , but your spirit is polished as you grow as a karate-ka. As his Sensei, I felt he needed to pass this test.
Who are you to judge? As a karateka, I'm offended you say that. We fight hard with a good attitude. You think Karate is only about fighting? It's about becoming better and stronger every day. It's about kata, kihon and every basic techniques we've learned. If his sensei judged he was ready to pass, it's his choice.
He will come better and eventually get his green. If he doesn't quit, that is.
He does not deserve the yellow belt,period !
Indeed! At least a brown belt!!!
7 very long minutes.
kyokushin
kyokushin it's a good bare-knuckle fighting style . respect to everyone all over the world. Osu!!
The spinning heel kick to the back of the knee was dirty. Black belts should know better than that. The blue belt is obviously not a fighter and it shows. It is obvious he has no experience even sparring. He is winded when that black belt hits him in the back of the knee.
Completsly unneccessary. The guy is so winded he just becomes everyone's punching bag.
He isn't learning anything from this.
I have zero respect for anyone that does this to non fighters and those with no real sparring experience.
One thing about Kyokushin, Enshin, Ashi and others. They never seem to have any real footwork or elusiveness.
Just straight ahead plodding in most cases. I find it odd when I hear about Tai Sabaki but see more of just backing up in a straight line, and occasional circling.
Tough arts no doubt, I guess if you're focus is competition its okay.
I'm more self defense oriented.
ComplexBlackness
Honestly, it's ironic you should say that, since elusiveness and footwork were mostly put in place for competition. And are avoided for self defense. The logic is that you don't want to risk falling. It's part of why old school full contact today guys used to beat a lot of karate guys in karate tournament. Because they had better movement, and it helped for competitions.
I wonder what you know about self defense at all. All encounters/brawls I witnessed in eastern Europe were devoid of any "elusive" footwork or whatever.
Who us this Guy
Which guy?
@@ShihanTomCallahan the one who is being tested
@@MohammedAlmawali AH…he passed and got his yellow and almost his green but he stopped training. Cameron is his name. Tough cookie. Nice kid
I kicked my enemy off his feet with a (idk how to write its name, but you say it like ,,mai geri"), i got close to him and boom. He was the worst idk why i fought him, and not my sensei.
Mae geri
Mae(Front) geri(kick) the kick he used is a back spinning kick (Ushiro mawashi geri)
Mae geri
That very mean to threathen to fail someone just because hes injured that sensei should see if he is ok this is a law suit waiting to happen
If you guys are gonna fuck eachother up at least punch to the face
so this is how karatekas advance belts? seems more like group bullying to me. You guys don't even care about his injuries. He should have been out since the moment he almost got his knee popped at 4:48. Also, it looks like he passed the exam just by "surviving". He didn't seem to do any kind of decent attacking nor defending.. Anyway, this karate sport feels hypocritical since you can kick the head but not punch it...that double standard confuses the mind and hinders your readiness to defend your head.. as you expected, I think MMA is the only way of learning to fight.. just mix as many martial arts as you need until you feel like you are truly expressing the potential of your body.
It's the budo samuari spirit that lives within kyokushin, it's a deep rooted culture and not for everyone but that's the way. It's not bullying, it's pushing yourself to your absolute limit, and then beyond, it's a true test mentally as much as physically. At the last rounds it's all about ''surviving'' and showing your will power to be able to keep standing up, that's kyokushin. I must admit tho to that these higher grades did some unnecessary stuff, too much head kicks, knock out techniques etc. It's not a bloody knock out tournament.. However, while MMA obviously does teach more aspect to fighitng, it's not really comparable to kyokushin. I am myself a kyokushin Brown belt but I've done some MMA as well, but knock down (kyokushin) sparring is by far the most exhausting/hard type of sparring in my opinion, and it really condition your mind and body, you will for sure know how to take a proper beating and still be able to stand up and deliver. And if you don't protect your head you will end up getting knees and kicks so you always gotta protect your head. And btw in my dojo we do sparr sometimes with punches to the head as well. So It's an excellent martial art in my opinion with both culture, philosophy and hard sparring.
No idea have you. They are testing his spirit. How much can he ensure and push through the pain. All the comment I see on here about oh they're hurting him too much stop being pussies. It's a full contact style of karate.
why speak on things you know nothing about?
@@daveblueballz6659 Why speak you in broken English like cheesy kung fu master on TV?
@@Midwinter2 comprehension issues?
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Weak
please come visit the dojo. bring your gloves
You think you can do better? Keyboard warrior! Lol!
Dumbest Style Exposed face an easy target for kicks
A short distance but do not throw Wrestling
Do not punch to the face
Tom Callahan this guy is truly trolling here, what does he really know? only a keyboard warrior that's behind the safety of a computer would say this, Kyokushin Karate is the bests, and I'm proud to be learning it, and I would dare this guy to go to your dojo and say that!
pff keyboard warrior. try fighting a kyokushin black belt and see what happens
You're just trolling. Kyokushin is considered one of the best styles. I learned both Kyokushin and Shinkyokushin, and and I enjoy what I'm learning. Please, show a bit more respect to our practitioners all around the world.
It is not so easy to land a kick to the face when an opponent keeps the pressure on you. These guys can fight at all ranges but you can see here that as other karate styles they get inside. Second of all karate in general does contain grappling, some styles emphasize more than others and generally it is used to set up strikes however it is there. They don’t punch each other on the face on kumite but if they do happen to land a kick to the head it is game. Observe that there is no protective gear, I have seen instances as in other karate styles where there is not even gloves so clearly in order to practice with some degree of safety some compromises are necessary. Last, try sparring with one of these guys, they can hit and take it.